President Andrew Jackson (1829- 1837)
Political Outsider
Jacksonian Democracy Introduced the Spoils System- Government jobs in return for Campaign support.
Quelling Sectionalism "The nullifiers in the south intend to blow up a storm on the slave question...be assured these men would do any act to destroy this union and form a southern confederacy bounded, north, by the Potomac river." President Andrew Jackson (1833)
Killing the National Bank
Jackson vs John Marshall “John Marshall has made his decision. Now lets see him enforce it!” Jackson after the Worcester v Georgia Decision
Indian Removal Act
“Trail of Tears”
Legacy of Andrew Jackson